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Well when the archmage ascended to godhood there was a cataclysm the effects of which are still present in the game world. The second one could destroy it. You are however right that it seems the gods didn't do a very good job in hiding the stuff. I hope that in time I can think of their motives...

Well, at least one archmage managed to collect all nine. That's how one of the settings gods came into existence. It is exactly what the BBEG is trying to accomplish. Since then arcane magic was outlawed for a long time, and is being practiced again since a short while ago. Also there is a...

Thanks for the great ideas guys, keep 'em coming :) The thing with the "magic as item" solutions is, I think it places too much power into the hands of the person possessing it, be it PC-s or the BBEG. And what if the item is destroyed?

Hehe, nice, I'll try to build on that :)

Since the party already knows about the existence of the hidden magic and even have a piece of it, it's too late for me to place the entirety of a magic school in an item. Once they acquire a piece of magic however, they could forge an item out of it. Yeah, that's exactly what's happening...

Yeah, I thought about it and decided that Universal should also be "collectable". Also, I'm going with the happy-crappy 3e version :)

So in this PF campaign I'm creating magic used to be a lot more powerful, but the gods divided it into nine schools and hid it away from the mortals. I'm hoping my PC-s will venture to collect a piece of every school (and ultimately use them to save/destroy the world :) So far they have...

I haven't thought of that, I'll be sure to warn my DM so we don't get TPK-d by some high AC monster :) Nema problema :)

Just had a call from my DM, he's thinking of implementing the 3d6 instead of d20 variant in our upcoming Red Hand of Doom campaign so he asked for my opinion on the matter and I thought I'd ask the boards for help. I'm aware that it takes away some of the randomness from the game, e.g. crits...

That's the way we've always interpreted it, but recently I've made a dwarf barbarbarian character, re-read the SRD and started to have my doubts. Well I guess if people her say so, 30 feet it is :)

The way I'm reading the SRD is that a dwarfs speed is never reduced below 20 feet due to armor or encumberance. Do you have another source?

SRD: Dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures, whose speed is reduced in such situations). So by RAW it seems that a dwarf barbarian still moves 20 feet...

IIRC the first stance you get must always be a first level stance. So you'd need a 2 level dip to get Assassin's Stance.

True, but some spells are pretty worthless when used from scrolls/wands. I myself really like the tactic, I'm thinking of using it with my next character, maybe using a weapon with a wand chamber so I can have a free hand for spellcasting. I just wanted to see what people here think before...

Nice tactic, but I'm not sure about one thing. Wouldn't the attack use the wand's cha bonus, which is the minimum needed to cast a 2nd level spell?

A circlet of persuasion gives a circumstance bonus. In my example both the belt and the gloves give an enhancement bonus.

What about this scenario: you are wearing a belt of strength +6, and gloves of the titan's grip (MIC, +8 enhancement bonus on grapple checks). Since the belt of strength gives you a +3 bonus to grapple, does it count as an enhancement bonus, thus not stacking with the gloves?

Just wondering, how do you reload crossbows when you've got one in each hand? Nevermind, next time I'll google before I post :) Crossbow sniper from PHB2 gives you half your dex bonus to damage rolls with a crossbow, plus you can make sneak attacks at 60 feet.

I would highly recommend taking two levels of Swordsage. This can give you two great stances, one that lets you flank when you and an ally are adjacent to the enemy, and a 2-nd lvl one which gives you +2d6 sneak attack. Top it off with a couple of cool maneuvers, i.e. swift greater invisibility...

Just make sure that the island is square and you'll be fine.